Names
birth: ፍሬምናጦስ፡↗ normalized: Fǝremnāṭos↗ alt: ሰላማ፡ ከሳቴ፡ ብርሃን፡↗ normalized: Salāmā Kaśāte Bǝrhān↗ Frumentius↗ ʾabuna role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was the apostle and the first bishop of Ethiopia↗ . He introduced Christianity to ʾAksum↗ . He is considered as a saint not only by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church but also by the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches.
Death
After 356
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Names
- birth: ፍሬምናጦስ፡ gez
- alt: ሰላማ፡ ከሳቴ፡ ብርሃን፡ gez
- Frumentius en
- ʾabuna role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 330–340
Death: After356 (certainty: high)
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Syria
Subject of
- Miracle of Mary: The Ark of Zion is installed in ʾAksum; the coming there of ʾAbbā Salāmā, who explains to the priests attending the Ark its true significance.
- Dǝrsān za-qǝddus wa-bǝḍuʿ Fǝremnāṭos ʾeṗṗis qoṗṗos za-ʾAksum.
- Dǝrsān za-qǝddus wa-bǝḍuʿ Fǝremnāṭos ʾeṗṗis qoṗṗos za-ʾAksum.
- Gadla Salāmā Kaśāte Bǝrhān.
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Schneider, R. 1987. ‘Les actes d’Abuna Salama’, Annales d’Éthiopie, 14 (1987), 153–164.
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Fiaccadori, G. 2010. ‘Sälama I (Käśate Bǝrhan)’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 484b–488a.
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Sergew Hable Selassie 1972. Ancient and Medieval Ethiopian History to 1270 (Addis Ababa: United Printers, 1972). page 92, 103, 119, 171
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Revisions of the data
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo edited record with Sophia Dege-Müller on 27.11.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo removed occupation containing St, Saint, bibl, biblical or prophet, added keyword. See https://github.com/BetaMasaheft/Documentation/issues/1104 on 27.3.2019
- Solomon Gebreyes Complete record on 10.10.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor